This is an analysis of the poem A Bridal In The Bois De Boulogne. that begins with:

HOW the lilacs, the lilacs are glowing and blowing!
And white through the delicate verdure of May ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc Xdad dd eaeabb afafbb cgcgcc fXXXbb Xhehbb icicjjXagaghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,2,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011110110 11101001001 010010011110 11001011001 01111011011 11011011011 011001001001100 10100111001 111010110010 1100111001 0101100101 11101001101 011010011010 1100101101 011011011010 11011101101 001101011101 001101101101 1011011110110 110111110001 1010010010110 101001101001 11001101101 01101001011 010110110010 1101110101 011110011010 01001101011 11111101001 01011001001 1011010010010 01011011110 0110101010110 01001111011 11001111011 11101011001 110010110010 01001101101 1101100010010 11001001001 11001001001 01101111011 1110110011010 111001001011 1110110010110 100101101001 001101001101 101001011001 1011011110110 11011011011 1011011011010 01001001001 101111101101 10101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, they, of, and, lilacs, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, the, and, they are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase they connects the lines.

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